Nierite wrote:
By following the rules presented in ARPG, male Illiirite PRIESTS and female Saluwean PRIESTS is common in all offshoots of the Mother Church of Coryan (including in Milandir, Altheria, etc). Paladins/Holy Champions and such are not priests, though when the final product is released there may be some restriction there. In ARPG the mark of a 'priest' is Divine Spell Casting, while 5e the mechanics make us have to blur the lines somewhat.
I thought I remembered the male female thing not applying in Milandir which is why I asked. I also remember Larissa having weird restrictions as well. One thing that leds to conflict is players building off the way characters that aren't aloud, but the rules don't tell you as such. Clarification upfront could prevent a lot of this. We've all seen eloran priest of Cadic, and female priest of Illiir before.
Nierite wrote:
We do not know what the Khitani Kalindruhl says on the matter, or really any of the other churches. In Haina all of the 'major' priests are Male because it is a male dominated society, so at least some of this is cultural.
I would just like this to be spelled out. If building a character from Haina is an option that is to be available for campaign play then the restrictions should be laid out. Since Khitani aren't playable as of yet, their restrictions don't need to be spelled out until they are.
Nierite wrote:
Redundant, but in no way incorrect. That is like saying that if you were a Roman who speaks and your litergal language was Latin, it is redundant to say that if you are a priest you learn Latin. What if you are a Greek? Then your native language is Greek, so if you wanted to become a priest you'd have to learn Latin.
In terms of the world, for the Ssethric Pantheon not all Ssethrics speak Ssethic as their vernacular tongue. The Black Talons speak Ss'ressen, so to them gaining Ssethric is NOT redundant.
To be a cleric of Belisarda you have to be an elorii, I don't see anyway you could not be able to speak eloran do you? And yeah, not incorrect, but its just cleaner to skip the redundancy. It won't make players wonder, "why are you giving me something I already have?" or "Since I already speak Eloran can I get a different bonus lang so one of my abilities isn't wasted." You are right in that it is not redundant for Ss'ressen to gain ssethric. If forgot how the ssethric empire works.